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NPR's Robert Smith is spending a year following the students and faculty at Roosevelt High School
in Seattle, Wash. -- the largest high school in the city.
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/roosevelt/index.html
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Education Interview Questions
The types of questions teacher candidates should ask their interviewers.
http://www.buffalostate.edu/offices/cdc/edu-questions.html
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PT3 - Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers for Technology
The primary function of the PT3 grant is to assist pre-service teachers learn and integrate
technology into their lessons and units of study. The PT3 team targets pre-service teachers and
their professors as they provide a variety of resources for facilitating technology development.
http://www.pt3.uh.edu/
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Survival Guide for New Teachers
From the US Department of Education.
http://www.ed.gov/teachers/become/about/survivalguide/index.html
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Teach For America
TFA is a national teacher corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach and to
effect change in under-resourced urban and rural public schools.
http://www.teachforamerica.org/
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Nontraditional Career Resource Center at Rutgers University
A program funded by the New Jersey Department of Education, and is housed at the Center for Women
and Work at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Parents, educators and students explore,
research, and share information on nontraditional (for their gender) careers.
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~ncrc/
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Mentor Junction
A comprehensive support environment for professionals mentoring or supervising novice teachers.
The site also contains an integration of theory, research, and application of promising practices
for promoting educator learning and personal development.
http://www.ncsu.edu/mentorjunction/
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Bedgrove Infant Training School
Background information about the school as well as about the different ways of training to become a
teacher in the UK.
http://bedgrovetraining.co.uk/
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The Teacher Training Agency (UK)
An executive Non-Departmental Public Body established by the Education Act 1994. Its purpose is to
raise standards in schools by attracting able and committed people to teaching and by improving the
quality of teacher training.
http://www.useyourheadteach.gov.uk/
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Teaching as a Second Career
Excerpts of a guide to launching a new career as New York City public school teacher. Full guide
available for purchase.
http://users.rcn.com/evebecker/nuts.html
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Information on Teach for America
Details of an interview experience with Teach for America, and links to their national web site and
the Houston school district which hired this particular person.
http://www.serafin.freeservers.com/
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Primary Catholic Partnership
School-centred initial teacher training in the Southampton, UK area which promotes high standards
of teaching and learning based on a Catholic philosophy of education.
http://www.pcp-scitt.org.uk/
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Assessing Teachers' Effectiveness
Contains information and discussion concerning the following conceptual aspects of assessing
teachers' effectiveness: purposes; category of teachers to be assessed; conceptions of teachers'
work; dimensions of teacher quality; approach to establishing validity of assessments.
http://education.curtin.edu.au/iier/iier7/dunkin.html
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Careers in Teaching
Guide about the pros and cons of becoming a teacher.
http://www.gradlink.edu.au/gradlink/student/s_teach.htm
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First Year Urban Teacher
A comprehensive instructional guide to facilitate the first year teacher's transition into the
classroom -- from the first day to the last day. Also find other tips for prospective teachers
such as resume help, links, sample interview questions and classroom management techniques.
http://www.geocities.com/urbanteacher/
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Mighty Mentors
Helps new and student teachers pair up with experienced teachers in email mentoring partnerships,
free of charge.
http://www.teaching.com/mentors/
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New Physics Teacher Project
Advice for the first year physics teacher gathered from interviews with expert physics educators.
http://earthfuture.tripod.com/mp/adviceproject.html
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Rethinkingschools.org - Getting Students Off The Track
First-year teacher shares her experiences and insights.
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/17_01/Gett171.shtml
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Student Teachers
Great little activities to use with students.
http://www.abcteach.com/StudentTeachers/StudentTeacher.htm
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Rethinkingschools.org - Teaching to Make a Difference
A collection of advice to someone who is new to the teaching profession.
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/17_01/Diff171.shtml
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Ten Tips for New Teachers
Ten tips to help student teachers become successful in the classroom. Written by a veteran teacher
and student teacher mentor.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/tenpoints.shtml
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New Math Teachers
Provides some good ideas for new math teachers.
http://people.clarityconnect.com/webpages/terri/terri.html
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The Role of Texas Physics Departments in the Preparation of K-12 Science Teachers
Summary of a conference held March 6-7, 2002 at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches,
Texas.
http://www.swt.edu/~dd14/tp/tpconf.html
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Summerbridge
A program for high school and college students to teach other students a few courses during the
summer in exchange for a stipend. Program is run in a number of cities around the United states.
http://www.summerbridge.org/
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The National Board For Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
Works to strengthen the teaching profession and to improve student learning in America's schools by
establishing high standards for teachers.
http://www.nbpts.org/
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National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
A coalition of 33 specialty professional associations of teachers, teacher educators, content
specialists, and local and state policy makers.
http://www.ncate.org/
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American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Includes news, publications, meetings, teacher preparation information, professional development,
and state chapters.
http://www.aacte.org/
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Student Views on First Year Teaching
Provides a good bit of advice for first year teachers.
http://www.aci.mta.ca/MtATeach/FirstYear.html
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Owatonna Mentoring Program
Experienced Owatonna educators are teamed up with probationary teachers in a three-year
progression, to provide support, encouragement and professional development.
http://www.owatonna.k12.mn.us/esc/instructional%20services/mentoring/
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Mentoring the New Teacher
SkyLight Professional Development provides a summer program that provides training for the most
critical problems facing novice teachers.
http://www.skylightedu.com/mentoring/index.cfm?fuseaction=enter
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What Techniques Can Make You More Marketable When You Look to Get Your Teaching Job?
Examines five key considerations for landing a teaching job.
http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/jobs/
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Second International GIREP Seminar on Quality Development in Teacher Education and Training
1-6 September, 2003, University of Udine, Italy. The seminar can be summed up as one in which the
concerns of producing professional physics teachers for the demands of the 21st century.
http://web.uniud.it/cird/girepseminar2003/
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A Career Choice Series - Teaching
Source of teacher career information, with a list of education programs, teaching facts and steps
to becoming a teacher.
http://www.bluerising.com/teachers/
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SoYouWanna Be A Teacher?
This article goes through the entire process, from certification to lesson plans, so that a person
will know what to expect and how to prepare for a career in teaching.
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/teacher/teacher.html
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standards-of-practice.net
A free, interactive, professional development resource for new and experienced teachers, based on
the Ontario College of Teachers Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession.
http://www.standards-of-practice.net/
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2Schools Consortium
School-based initial teacher training through the GTP route. UK.
http://www.2schoolsdrb.co.uk/
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Recruiting New Teachers, Inc.
This site examines the teaching profession in great detail, as well as providing resources for
potential teachers.
http://www.rnt.org/
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What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching
Dedicated to the first year teacher. The site manages to articulate the primary challenges and
rewards of teaching in a clear and succinct way, using the words of the teachers themselves. New
and Veteran teachers respond to issues ranging from professional isolation to differences in
student ability to the unexpected exhilaration of this demanding career.
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/FirstYear/index.html
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New Teacher Center at University of California, Santa Cruz
A national resource dedicated to teacher development. Offering several support programs designed to
equip the new teacher with necessary skills and support for success in the classroom.
http://www.newteachercenter.org
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Allexperts Teaching Q&A
Volunteer experts tell what it's really like to be a teacher and provide career-advancement tips.
http://www.allexperts.com/getExpert.asp?Category=1493
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North Bedfordshire School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT)
Details about study for the Postgraduate Certificate of Education by working in schools with
professional teachers.
http://www.northbedsscitt.org.uk/
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